Safety hatpin



J. MICIHAELS.v SAFETY HATPIN.

'APPLICATION FILED JULY 17,1919.

Famed Apr. 1s, 1922.

narran srarssearaar orties.

Josera remnants, or sr. Louis, MISSOURI. o

SAFETY HA'rrIN.

Laisser.

To all whom t may concern: 4

Be it known that l, JosnPH M1orrAnLs,a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of- St. Louis7 li/lissouri, have invented certain newV and useful Improvements in a Safety Hatpinj of which the following is a specilication.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in a safety hat-pin and has for its object a pin operating through a supporting member which is attached to the hat and which is equipped with a frictional means whereby the pin is held in its adjusted position, and a means whereby the pin is directed through the saine perforation made through the hat, the point of said pin being so flattened or spread as to prevent the same from being withdrawn from the supporting means.

A further object of my invention is-to construct a pin to be used in connection with a ladys hat7 said pin being so shaped at the point as to prevent the same from being entirely withdrawn and becoming lost and a means for supporting the pin so that theA point will at all times be directed through;l

the same aperture in the hat thus preventing the destruction of said hat.

Figure 1, is a side elevation of my i1nproved device shown in position on the hat.

Fig. 2, is an enlarged front view of the same.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged sectional view.

Fig. 15 is an enlargedY detail sectional View, of the swivel and clamping means made use of for supporting the pin.

Fig. 5, is a cross sectional view taken on the line 5"-5 of Fig. 4.

The general structure of my invention consists of a disc 6, having a central perforation 7, this disc is firmly attached in any desirable well-known manner to an outer casing or partition 8. This partition may he of any suitable and ornamental desigm the same being` preferably arranged and shaped as that shown in Figs. 2 and 3. .ln the center of this partition is provided an elongated slot 9.y and through thisslot is inserted the shank 10 which is attached to an inner plate 11 which is located between the casing 8 and the disc 6 and to the outer edge Vof the same is attached a disc 12.

specification of Lette-ferment., Patented ADL 18, 1922 Application med July 17, i919. serial No. '311,4eo.

socket. AThis ball is'providedwith abore through Vwhich the hat-pin 14: is passed and in the ball is located a sleeve 15 which is likewise provided with a ycentral bore for the support of the hat-pin 14.

ln'the ball is located a spring 16 which is of a size sufiicient to tit the internal bore and which has a downward projection 17 which comes in contact with a pin which is inserted in the central bore7 and the pressure of said spring has a tendency when contacting with the pin to hold it by friction at any position in which the pin thrust through the opening.

rEhe end or point of the pin is provided with a attened surface 18. This surface is slightly larger than the bore or'aperture so as to prevent the pin from being entirely withdrawn through the ball, This flattened surface is of such shape as not to injure the khat as the hat-pin is forced through the from puncturing the hat in a plurality of places.

' To one edge of the casing'- hingedly' mounted a fastening device by which the said casing is held yto the hat. This device consists of a pair of pins 19, connected together by a yoke 2O which yoke is usually ornamented,

these fastening devices passing through a swivel 21 which permits the Vprongs of the fastening device to be passed through thehat body at the bottom and then again at the top and the points inserted in openings 22 formed in the disc 6. The outer surface of the casing is provided with a plurality of holes 23,

through which a needle and thread may be inserted when it is found desirable to sewv or stitch the device to the hat.

rlhe essential feature ofmy invention is not so much an attaching device as it is a structure which will hold a hat-pin in position so that the same cannot be removed and become lost and at the same time will permit the pin to be inserted through the same opening made in the hat as Well as a i'rictional device for holding the pin in the proper inserted position.

Having fully'described my invention What l claim is:

hat-pin retainer of the character described,l comprising a body member to lwhich is hingedly connected a fasteningdevice, said body member havinga central'liole,v a elreletondec attached to the body member, 'Said "Skeletonfdi having a central elon gated opening,|` aI pin supporting member V"consiting of aliangeand ahead l2, having central connectionfvvhich is,` to operate in the" elongated Slot,l said pin' Supporting member having -a socket formed therein, a ball supported in said Socket and adapted to par- 'contact Axvi'th theleeve in combination with hat-pin inserted through the sleeve and ball'and against which the spring has fric- 'tio'nal contact, the pin supporting member being so' arranged as to permit the hat-pin to be tilted in `either direction Without the .point pas'ingotof the 'center hole formed in the body member, Substantially as specified.

Vlntestimony whereof, I have signed my name tolft'liis gpecili'cation, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses: Y

JOSEPH MICHAELS.

' /Vitneeses:

ALFRED A. EICKS,

B. M. AUSTINE. 

